LEADER 04062nam 22009253u 450 001 9910816430703321 005 20230207225046.0 010 $a1-281-24306-X 010 $a9786611243067 010 $a1-59213-541-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000485686 035 $a(EBL)334643 035 $a(OCoLC)476144318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000103945 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133234 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103945 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10071493 035 $a(PQKB)11740322 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC334643 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000485686 100 $a20131216d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnother Arabesque$b[electronic resource] $eSyrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-539-0 327 $aC O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Politics of Privilege; PART ONE: Imagining Political Economy; ONE Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation; TWO Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform; PART TWO: Remodeling the Nationalist Order; THREE Turcos in the Market Model of Racial Democracy; FOUR Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims; PART THREE: Marketing Ethnic Culture; FIVE Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit; SIX Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism; CONCLUSION In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil; Notes; References; Index 330 $aOffering a novel approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, Another Arabesque is the first full-length book in English to focus on the estimated seven million Arabs in Brazil. With insights gained from interviews and fieldwork, John Tofik Karam examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. At the same time, he recounts how Syrian-Lebanese descendents have increasingly self-identified as ""Arabs."" Karam demonst 606 $aBrazil - Civilization - Arabic influences 606 $aEconomic aspects 606 $aEthnic identity 606 $aEthnicity 606 $aEthnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil 606 $aEthnicity - Social aspects - Brazil 606 $aLebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil 606 $aLebanese 606 $aSocial aspects 606 $aSyrians 606 $aSyrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil 606 $aLebanese$xEthnic identity$zBrazil 606 $aSyrians$xEthnic identity$zBrazil 606 $aEthnicity$xEconomic aspects$zBrazil 606 $aEthnicity$xSocial aspects$zBrazil 606 $aRegions & Countries - Americas$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aLatin America$2HILCC 607 $aBrazil$xCivilization$xArab influences 615 4$aBrazil - Civilization - Arabic influences. 615 4$aEconomic aspects. 615 4$aEthnic identity. 615 4$aEthnicity. 615 4$aEthnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil. 615 4$aEthnicity - Social aspects - Brazil. 615 4$aLebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil. 615 4$aLebanese. 615 4$aSocial aspects. 615 4$aSyrians. 615 4$aSyrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil. 615 0$aLebanese$xEthnic identity 615 0$aSyrians$xEthnic identity 615 0$aEthnicity$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEthnicity$xSocial aspects 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Americas 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aLatin America 676 $a305.800981 676 $a305.892/75692081 700 $aKaram$b John Tofik$01109953 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816430703321 996 $aAnother Arabesque$94078201 997 $aUNINA